Born on 11 March 1933 in Skemai village, Rokiskis district.
In 1950 he graduated from the Rokiškis evening school. In the last year of school she started working in the editorial office of the newspaper "Tarybinis Rokiškis". In 1952, she entered the journalism department of Vilnius University and worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Tiesa" while studying as an in-patient. After obtaining her diploma, in 1957 she was appointed to work in the editorial office of the satirical magazine "Šluota". In 1959, she moved to Tallinn, where she worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Soviet Estonia". Returning to Vilnius, in 1967 she joined Lithuanian Radio as a presenter, and from 1971 worked as a correspondent for the then Soviet Union's Central Television and Union Radio in Lithuania. Her most intensive work was during the years of revival, when the radio station "Majak" broadcast live news about the Sąjūdis and the events in the life of Lithuania after regaining independence.